Ethics and Values / Unit 5 Ethics 203 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Categorical Imperative
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The idea
The categorical imperative commands unconditionally: moral requirements bind every rational agent regardless of desires, ends, or escape clauses.
In practice
"Keep the promise" does not pause to ask what the promiser wants tonight. No dropped goal dissolves it; that iron is the categorical mark.
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